The journey of Italy Under 20 men towards’European category which will be held in Gdynia, Poland from 13th to 21st July. Coach Paul Galbiati and the twenty-four players called up met today, Friday 21 June, in Udine. The Italians will play in group C against Israel, Germany And Czech Republic then crossing group A of France, Serbia, Greece And Poland.
Among the twenty-four called up there are three Fvg athletes and two non-regional ones, who will be the only ones to play for a team from our region. The three Italian Fvg players are from Trieste. It’s about Philip Rooster194cm play-guard, who played in A2 withUcc Casalpusterlengo this season and until a couple ago he was a teammate of Mauro Zacchignaanother Italian player from 2004 who instead defended the colours Rucker San Vendemiano in national B. The third is Matteo Visintinplayer who played for San Giobbe Basket Etruria Chiusi relegated to national B.
The two “foreigners” who, however, will be resident at the Ueb Cividale in A2 they are Leonardo Marangonalready returning from a season with the ducal team, and Francis Ferrari arriving, however, from the Borgomanero College. Both 2005, they were in training camp in Trento among the seventeen of Italy’s coach Gianmarco Pozzecco. He began preparing for the Pre-Olympic while waiting for the Azzurri to be called up and play in the championship final with Virtus Bologna and Olimpia Milano, who won the championship.
He is also among the “reserves at home” of Italy Under 20 Marco Iusa 204 centimeter tall native of Zoppola who played between Virtus Padova and Sant’Antimo this season and already at Basketball Trieste 2004 in the youth teams.
Tomorrow, Saturday 22 June, the Under 20 men’s national team will have the pleasure of having the presence of Louis Given to me, coordinator of the men’s national teams, at the morning training session. The session, scheduled from 10 to 11.30 am, will be held at the Primo Carnera sports hall, which is currently hosting the training sessions of the Italian U20 selection. This will be followed by afternoon training with two groups, from 5pm to 9pm. At Carnera the stands will be open to the public and the organization kindly asks anyone wishing to attend to enter through these entrances and not through the athletes’ entrance.
To prepare for the continental review, two friendly matches are scheduled Udine against the Croatia Saturday 29th and Sunday 30th June and the now super classic of the summer, the international “Vigilio De Silvestro memorial-Bepi Meneghin trophy” tournament in Domegge di Cadore (Belluno) from 5 to 7 July with Slovenia, Spain And Greece.
The Domegge tournament is live streaming on the channel Twitch @Italbasket.
COACH GALBIATI’S AZZURRI
No. | Athlete | Year | Height | Role | Squad |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
GIORGIO ALLINEI | 2004 | 194 | G | LIBERTAS LIVORNO 1947 | |
MIRKO BRAMATI | 2004 | 200 | TO | WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY (USA) | |
ANDREA CECCHI | 2005 | 196 | G | VIRTUS LUMEZZANE | |
RENÈ D’AMELIO | 2005 | 201 | TO | COLLEGE BASKETBALL BORGOMANERO | |
LEONARDO FAGGIAN | 2004 | 195 | G | TREVISO BASKETBALL UNIVERSE | |
FRANCESCO FERRARI | 2005 | 196 | TO | COLLEGE BASKETBALL BORGOMANERO | |
FILIPPO GALLO | 2004 | 194 | P/G | UCC CASALPUSTERLENGO | |
EMMANUEL INNOCENTI | 2004 | 200 | G/A | TARLETON STATE (USA) | |
LEONARDO MARANGON | 2005 | 195 | G | UNITED EAGLES BASKETBALL CIVIDALE | |
OCTAVIO MARETTO | 2004 | 194 | G | VICTORIA LIBERTAS PESARO | |
TOMMASO MORENA | 2004 | 198 | TO | REYER VENICE MESTRE | |
NICCOLÒ MORETTI | 2004 | 187 | P/G | ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY (USA) | |
MICHELANGELO OBERTI | 2005 | 205 | C | MORRIS CATHOLIC (USA) | |
GABRIEL BELFORT POZZATO | 2005 | 197 | G | NBA GLOBAL (AUSTRALIA) | |
RICCARDO SALVIONI | 2004 | 202 | TO | LUISS ROME | |
ALESSANDRO SCARPONI | 2004 | 195 | G | SANTARCANGELO BASKETBALL | |
UMBERTO STAZONELLI | 2004 | 200 | G | VICTORIA LIBERTAS PESARO | |
ENRICO TADIOTTO | 2005 | 189 | G | TREVISO BASKETBALL UNIVERSE | |
GABRIELE TARALLO | 2004 | 190 | G/A | BALL. CANTÙ | |
DAVID TORRESANI | 2005 | 180 | P | TREVISO BASKETBALL UNIVERSE | |
TIMOTY VAN DER KNAAP | 2005 | 201 | TO | ORANGE BASKETBASSANO | |
ENRICO VETTORI | 2004 | 192 | G | RUCKER | |
MATTEO VISINTIN | 2004 | 190 | P | SAINT JOB CLOSED | |
MAURO ZACCHIGNA | 2004 | 200 | TO | RUCKER SAN VENDEMIANO |
ATHLETES AVAILABLE
No. | Athlete | Year | Height | Role | Squad |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
NICHOLAS ERRICA | 2005 | 185 | P/G | DERTHONA BASKETBALL LAB | |
ALBERTO FRAGONARA | 2004 | 188 | P | BK ALTOM.SE. ACADEMY | |
RICCARDO GREPPI | 2005 | 208 | C | BALL. CANTÙ | |
MARCO IUS | 2004 | 204 | B.C | BALL. SANT’ANTIMO | |
LUCIO MARTINI | 2004 | 212 | C | ANDREA COSTA IMOLA 2022 | |
JACOPO RAPETTI | 2004 | 201 | TO | LATINA BASKETBALL | |
NICOLAS TANFOGLIO | 2005 | 180 | P | NEW BALL. BRESCIA |
General manager
SALVATORE TRAINOTTI
Trainer
PAOLO GALBIATI
Assistant
NAZARENO LOMBARDI
Assistant
ALESSANDRO ROSSI
Physical trainer
MATTIA DIGNO
Doctor
PIERGIUSEPPE TETTAMANTI (UNTIL 1 JULY)
Doctor
ALBERTO BERARDI (FROM JULY 1)
Doctor-Orthopaedist
STEFANO PECCHIA
Physiotherapist
ALBERTO SANDRINI (UNTIL JUNE 23)
Physiotherapist
LUDOVICO DE LUCA-CEROS (FROM JUNE 23)
Team manager
BARBARA ZELINOTTI (UNTIL 1 JULY)
Delegated official
FEDERICO CICCODICOLA (FROM JUNE 30)
The program
June 21st
by 7 pm Gathering at the Ramandolo hotel in via Forni di Sotto, 28 in Udine
June 22nd
10/11.30 am Training
5pm/9pm Training
June 23
10/11.30 am Training
5pm/9pm Training
June 24th
10am/1pm Training
June 25th
10/11.30 am Training
5pm/9pm Training
June 26th
10am/1pm Training
June 27
10/11.30 am Training
6/7.30pm Training
June 28
11am/1pm Training
June 29th
9.30/11 am Training
8pm ITALY-CROATIA scrimmage
June 30th
9.30/11 am Training
6.30 pm Scrimmage ITALY – CROATIA
July 1st
8.30 am
Transfer by bus to the Park Hotel Bellavista in via San Giovanni 5/7 in Calalzo di Cadore (BL)
2nd of July
10/11.30 am Training
6/7.30pm Training
July 3
11.30am/1pm Training
4th July
11.30am/1pm Training
July 5th
11/12 am Training
INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT 5-7 July – live on Twitch Italbasket
July 5th
6.15pm SPAIN-GREECE
8.45pm ITALY – SLOVENIA
July 6
11/12 am Training
6.15pm GREECE-SLOVENIA
8.45pm ITALY-SPAIN
July 7
11/12 am Training
6.15pm SLOVENIA-SPAIN
8.45pm ITALY-GREECE
July 8
8.30 am Transfer by bus to the Marco Polo Terme hotel in viale Stazione, 12 in Montegrotto Terme (PD)
- The training sessions will be held in Udine at the “Primo Carnera” sports hall.
- The training sessions and the tournament will be held at the PalaMario Cian Toma, in via dei Gei 10 in Domegge di Cadore (BL)
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